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Two University of Miami football players were arrested Tuesday morning after telling police they had sex with a 17-year-old student without her consent, according to a police report. Jawand Blue, 20, and Alexander Figueroa, who turned 20 on Tuesday, were charged with sexual battery of a physically helpless victim, according to a release from the Coral Gables Police Department. Figueroa was also charged with possession of a stolen or fictitious drivers license. The victim was a student at Miami, according to police.

Few rapes have been reported on Florida's college campuses, and many see that as a problem. Sexual assault tends to be the most under-reported crime, often because victims are "afraid of the system" or think no one will believe them, said Michaela Denny, of the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence. Now colleges are under scrutiny to better investigate and more accurately document sexual assault, and to create an atmosphere where victims feel comfortable reporting it. Florida Atlantic University took initial steps on Thursday to revise its policies, giving victims additional rights — including confidentiality, a "fair, prompt and impartial" hearing, and a guarantee they won't face retaliation.

Detectives are asking the public for help identifying the suspect of an armed sexual battery in Hollywood. According to police, a man, who appears to be in his late 20s to early 30s, befriended a 65-year-old woman at the Hollywood Beach Resort, 101 N. Ocean Drive, on May 15 and sexually battered her at knifepoint later that day. A hotel surveillance camera captured the suspect on video. Detectives ask anyone with information about the armed sexual battery to call Hollywood police at 954-967-4411 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-8477.

An incident at a family barbecue led to years of sexual abuse for a Lake Worth girl, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrest report. The girl, now 14, told investigators that Ernesto Mateo-Arias, now 31, of Lake Worth, moved in with her family when she was six. It was at the barbecue when Mateo-Arias found the girl in her bedroom and began molesting her, the report said. The girl said she was scared and that Mateo-Arias told her not to tell anyone, she told investigators.

A 14-year-old boy grabbed a woman by the neck, demanded her cell phone and then sexually assaulted her in a nearby bush, according to a West Palm Beach police arrest report. Police said Thyreke Mills, 14, started following the female just after 9 p.m. April 26 after she walked outside her apartment in West Palm Beach. The unidentified female, whose age was not released, told police she was walking across the complex when she saw Mills standing by the clubhouse. She walked a little further and he began following her. Mills came up to her, grabbed her by the neck and told her to give him her cell phone, West Palm Beach police said.

A former surgical technologist at Memorial Regional Hospital is suing the hospital and a surgeon, claiming the doctor leered at her, made inappropriate comments, grabbed her buttocks and boasted about it. The 36-year-old plaintiff worked at the hospital from 2006 to 2013 and is identified in the sexual harassment complaint as Jane Doe No. 43. She alleges that Juan Wester, 80, "grabbed, slapped, groped and offensively touched" her and "used his...

A Pembroke Pines man is being held without bond after being accused of sexually battering a 10-year-old girl. Erick Giron Martinez, 33, is charged with three counts of sexual battery and nine counts of lewd or lascivious molestation. According to a Pembroke Pines arrest report, the girl told investigators Giron Martinez made up a game called "Ninja Time," during which he would perform sex acts on her. Giron Martinez was arrested Monday and told investigators that the sex acts took place between December and March, the report said.

A girl texted her friend for help while a 48-year-old man that she considered to be a "father figure" touched her sexually, according to a Boca Raton police arrest report. The girl fled the man's house without any shoes on her feet and flagged down police officers while running north on Military Trail, police said. Steven Potak, of Boca Raton , was arrested Sunday and remained in custody Monday in lieu of $60,000 bond, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office booking blotter.

A private school biology teacher is accused by Lighthouse Point police of committing sexual battery upon a 14-year-old student while in a car that was parked behind a strip mall. Eric Richard Beasley, 24, of Plantation, was arrested Tuesday and charged with nine counts of sexual battery/act by a custodian on a victim under 16, and two counts of sending obscene material harmful to a minor, according to court records. Beasley is a state-licensed educator in his second year teaching at the Zion Lutheran Christian School, at 959 SE Sixth Ave. in Deerfield Beach.